Clause 7

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law contained, the Public Prosecutor may, if he considers that any evidence of the commission of an offence under this Ordinance or of a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit, or an abetment of such offence by a person is likely to be found in any book, account, receipt, voucher or other document in respect of the payment of money or the delivery of property relating to such person, the spouse or child of such person or to a person reasonably believed by the Public Prosecutor to be a trustee or agent for such person or the spouse or child of such person, by order authorise any police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent named in such order to inspect any such book, account, receipt, voucher or other document and a police officer so authorised may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises specified in such order and inspect any such book, account, receipt, voucher or other document and may take copies thereof or of any relevant part thereof.

Any person who fails to produce any such book, account, receipt, voucher or other document which is in his possession or control shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

For the purposes of this section —

“bank” means any company carrying on the business of bankers in Singapore incorporated by or under any written law or licensed under any written law and the Post Office Savings Bank;

“book” includes ledgers, day books, cash books, account books and all other books and documents used in the ordinary course of the business of a bank or other person or body of persons, whether corporate or incorporate.